Stock-car



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r I STOGK GAR. No. 245,820. Patented Aug. 16,1881.

WITNESSES I INYENTOR ATTORNEYS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT CFFIQE.

WILLIAM T. HALL, OF FAYETTEVILLE, INDIANA.

STOCK-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No; 245,820, dated August16, 1881,

7 Application filed January 20, 1881. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I WILLIAM TEMPLE HALL, ofFayetteville, in the county of Lawrence and State of Indiana, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Stock-Cars, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Figure 1, Sheet 1, is a sectional side elevation of my improvement. Fig.2, Sheet 1, is a sectional plan view of the car, taken through the linea m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3, Sheet 1, is a plan View of the car. Fig. 4, Sheet2, is a sectional end view of the car, taken through the line yy,Fig. 1. Fig. 5, Sheet 2, is a plan view of one of the clamps attached tothe posts.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to promote the safety and comfort ofanimals while being transported upon railway-cars.

The invention consists in dividing the interior of the car intocompartments or stalls by a series of hinged posts connected by hingedend partitions and separable side partitions; also, in the combination,with the posts, of clamps having perforations to receive the rods thatconnect the end and side partitions with the said posts.

In the accompanying drawings, A repre sents the frame, B the floor, andG the roof or top, of an ordinary stock-car. The interior of the car isdivided into compartments or stalls by posts D, doors or end partitions,E, and side partitions, F. The lower ends of the posts D are connectedwith and held in place upon the floor B by dowel pins Gr or othersuitable means. The upper ends of the posts D are hinged to rods H,attached to the frame A and crossing the upper part of the car. The endpartitions, E, are hinged to the rods H, and the said partitions E andthe posts D are kept in their proper relative positions by collars I,formed upon or attached to the said rods H.

To the side edges of the end partitions, E, are attached perforatedplates or lugs J, which overlap the perforated bars or perforated lugs Kformed upon the bars of the clamp L M, so that the said partitions E canbe secured in place by rods N passed through the lugs J K.

The clamps are formed of a bow, L, made to fit the posts 1), and a yoke,M, placed upon the ends of the bow and secured in place by nuts, asshown in Fig. 5, so that the clamps can be secured to the said posts Dby tighten ing the said nuts. The lower edges of the side partitions, F,are connected with and secured in place upon the floor B by dowel-pins Oor other suitable means.

To the ends of the partitions F are attached perforated plates or lugsI, which overlap the lugs K of the clamps L M, and the said partitions Fare secured in place by rodsQ passed through the lugs P K, as shown inFig. 1.

The posts D, end partitions, E, and side partitions, F, can be made ofiron, or of wood strengthened with iron. The side partitions, F, can bemade of a frame having a middle part of rubber belting or other suitablematerial. The latter construction gives the stock a little more freedomin lying down and get ting up.

When not in use the posts Dand end partitions, E, are swung up againstthe roof 0, and are secured in place by hooks, or byhooks and chains R,as shown in Fig.1. The side partitions, F, when not in use, are securedagainst the ends of the car-body, as indicated at the left-hand side ofFig. 1.

The stock can be watered and fed while in the car by troughs S, hookedupon rods attached to the end partitions, E, or otherwise detachablyconnected with the said end partitions, E. When not in use the troughs Scan be suspended from rods or other supports attached to the upper partof the car-body.

Water and feed can be carried, when necessary, in tanks T and boxes U,placed in apertures V W in the roof 0, and supported by stirrups X orother suitable means. \Vater and feed can be introduced into the troughsS through a pipe of suitable diameter inserted through openings Y in theroof 0, which openings, when not in use, can be closed by covers Z.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. In a stock-car, the combination, with the 2 eaaeeeherein shown and described, whereby the partitions E F can be readilyconnected With the [0 said posts, as set forth.

WILLIAM TEMPLE HALL.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM M. L. DUNIHUE, LYOURGUS DUNCAN.

